Home foreclosures fueled racial segregation in U.S.

Led by Cornell's Matthew Hall, researchers estimate racial segregation grew between Latinos and whites by nearly 50 percent and between blacks and whites by about 20 percent during the late 2000s housing bust.

ILR helps local small businesses with ADA best practices

LaWanda Cook, extension associate and training specialist for the Northeast ADA Center within Cornell's Employment and Disability Institute, discussed affordable ways to make local small businesses' goods and services accessible to the public.

Inside Medicine at Weill Cornell: the dean as mentor

In the first of a series of Inside Medicine at Weill Cornell videos focusing on mentorship, explore the relationship between Dr. Sarah Bettigole and her mentor, WCMC Dean Dr. Laurie Glimcher.

Math Club connects Cornell students with local teens

The Math Explorer's Club brings opportunities to learn new math techniques and apply them to a real-life situations to local middle and high school kids.

Diversity leads to stronger outcomes, says lecturer

University of Michigan professor Scott E. Page cited several real-world examples of diverse groups achieving more than homogenous groups in a campus lecture April 22.

University resources are boon for alum's Ithaca business

Kwame Amponsah is one of several alumni entrepreneurs to establish businesses in Ithaca. He founded Xallent, a semiconductor device and test equipment manufacturing startup, while doing postdoctoral research at Cornell in 2013.

Cornell Rewind: Keeping the faith in a nonsectarian way

The charter of Cornell University includes a remarkable statement: "And persons of every religious denomination, or of no religious denomination, shall be equally eligible to all offices and appointments."

Students present their research at 30th CURB forum

Studying everything from potential medicine to the aromatic properties of popular beverages, about 120 undergraduates put project posters on display April 22 at the 30th Annual Spring Research Forum.

Alumna's $10M gift to ILR will transform disability institute

Lisa Yang '74 has made a $10 million gift to the ILR School to support and rename its Employment and Disability Institute; it is the largest gift in the school's history.